Kevin Blatt
Kevin "KB" Blatt is a Hollywood Sex Tape Broker who's most commonly known for releasing the Paris Hilton sex tape 1 Night in Paris in 2003.[1] He also currently runs the online reputation defense for celebrities in California for the company, Profile Defenders.
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Born | Kevin Blatt March 19, 1969 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
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Years active | 1995–present |
Work
Kevin Blatt was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and worked in the online adult entertainment industry as a marketing and public relations specialist. Working with companies like Mindgeek, Vivid Video, and Pornstar.com. Since then Blatt has worked on negotiations and distributions of sex tapes for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Diaz, Colin Farrell Kim Kardashian, Mischa Barton, Tila Tequila, Verne Troyer from Austin Powers and Kevin Hart.[2]
In Film and Radio
The theatrically released 2006 documentary “American Cannibal: The Road to Reality,” featured Blatt which took a scathing look at America's obsession with reality television and how far someone will go to become famous.[3] Kurt Loder formerly of MTV News called it his favorite documentary of 2006, and it received many accolades at the Tribeca Film Festival that year. Showtime Networks ended up premiering American Cannibal by the end of the year. It currently holds a 64% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[4]
Kevin is also featured in the wildly popular Amazon Studio’s released documentary, “Generation Wealth” released in 2019
Kevin, along with his brother Darren (D-Money) were co-promoters of the very successful Players Ball Party, a “Pimp and Ho themed” legendary Ball that was held in Las Vegas over the CES/ AVN Trade show weekend. The party featured many of Hip Hop and Rap's biggest artists such as Snoop Dogg, Too Short, Naughty By Nature, Doug E Fresh, Ice Cube, Slick Rick, George Clinton, Cypress Hill, and many others.
Blatt has appeared on the Howard Stern Show, Access Hollywood, Entertainment Tonight, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, VICE,[5] CNN, ABC.com,[6] ABC NEWS 20/20, Wired Magazine, MSNBC, Dr. Phil Show, YourMomsHouse.com, the Oberman Report, NYpost, and is a regular guest discussing the underside of Hollywood.[7]
Kevin previously was a co-host of the podcast, “Blow The Whistle feat Too Short and KB” a comical podcast that featured today's pop culture influencers, rappers, and comedians. Kevin's co-host on the show is the legendary Bay Area rapper, Too Short.
Current Work
Due to Kevin's inside knowledge about Hollywood's underside has led to him being a frequent guest on gossip sites. His stories that sound outrageous have made him an engaging and sought after guest.[8] These days Kevin is in high demand working as both a “fixer” for Hollywood's A Lister's and elite as well as a media broker who has been responsible for his work breaking some of the biggest stories of the last decade for TMZ, ABC News, and National Enquirer. On the flip side he is also working to remove negative content for clients through the reputation repair firm Profile Defenders. Kevin is the subject of an upcoming feature in WIRED Magazine coming out in Fall of 2020 and is currently writing a book on the celebrity sex tape industry it's rise and fall.[9]
References
- "From Charlie Sheen's porn-star trysts to Paris Hilton's sex tape, Kevin Blatt aims to be the Charles Schwab of celebrity dirt". cleveland. January 17, 2012.
- "Mischa Barton lawyer warns over alleged sex video: 'we will find you'". NBC News.
- "American Cannibal: The Road to Reality | 2006 Tribeca Film Festival". Tribeca.
- "American Cannibal: The Road to Reality (2006)" – via www.rottentomatoes.com.
- "Hollywood's Most Notorious Sex Tape Broker". Video.
- "Do Sex Tapes Give Stars' Careers a Boost?". ABC News.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYvDZNBOMPg
- "Say Hello to Kevin Blatt, Hollywood's Sex-Tape Broker". Intelligencer.
- "In the celeb sex-tape trade, there's more flirting than hookups". Los Angeles Times. September 15, 2008.